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Realism - more than Patriotism
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October 16. High plus 4, low minus 7.
Signs of the season .... and the river 2 kms upstream ... Jacob's ladder
Is this after the Thanksgiving day turkey?
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Not immediately .... 5 days delay ... but he feasted. He went and hid under the deck this morning just out of reach so I figured that was it .... but it was damn cold and I hated to leave him ... but prepared and locked up accordingly and checked on him one last time ... and he had moved within reach so I hauled him out by the scruff and he just relaxed. I then had to re-closeup the place .... but glad he came to his senses. Leks and I are going up tomorrow on a daytrip ... Leks, in wetsuit, will haul out the dock with what assistance Big Red and I can offer. He's game ... and I know what it's like ... I used to coax Willy in as part of our sauna routine .. snow on the ground
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Sorry MM but your vintage photos were so fantastic that I could not help reprocessing one of them with modern PC technology for less noise and natural color.
I hope you would not have any wrong feeling about this as I am still a film camera lover.
Thank you very much.
I hope you would not have any wrong feeling about this as I am still a film camera lover.
Thank you very much.
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Absolutely OK, friend 
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Dad's Drugstore, Toronto, circa 1925
In past posts I've remarked at the irony of my friendship with Willy Bauman from Hillsburg and the fact that my dad, William Michael Maltby (1885 - 1959), spent his youth in Hillsburg, the son of George and Martha Maltby -- the village smithy. Indeed the Maltby tombstone is 2-3 kms north of Willy's place on the next ridge.
Dad studied to teach school but, on graduation, neither he nor his best friend Wellington Meyers wanted to be teachers. Dad wanted to become a pharmacist and set off to college in Toronto. Wellington wanted to farm and received a half-section near Flaxcomb Sask -- we visited him in 1951 on a west coast roadtrip with Dad in a 1951 Dodge.
By 1910 Dad had graduated and become a Mason. By 1925 (guess) when these studies were taken Dad had his first store -- he is standing to the right, his brother Mel ... followed Dad to pharmacy college and became a business partner in due course ... extreme left and in the middle ... unknown.
Dad's college diploma hangs over his head in the shot, the same frame hangs over my head as I write ...
Dad was an early adopter of the automobile ... he often said that the improvement in tires was the most important factor in its success
In past posts I've remarked at the irony of my friendship with Willy Bauman from Hillsburg and the fact that my dad, William Michael Maltby (1885 - 1959), spent his youth in Hillsburg, the son of George and Martha Maltby -- the village smithy. Indeed the Maltby tombstone is 2-3 kms north of Willy's place on the next ridge.
Dad studied to teach school but, on graduation, neither he nor his best friend Wellington Meyers wanted to be teachers.
Dad wanted to become a pharmacist and set off to college in Toronto. Wellington wanted to farm and received a half-section near Flaxcomb Sask -- we visited him in 1951 on a west coast roadtrip with Dad in a 1951 Dodge.By 1910 Dad had graduated and become a Mason. By 1925 (guess) when these studies were taken Dad had his first store -- he is standing to the right, his brother Mel ... followed Dad to pharmacy college and became a business partner in due course ... extreme left and in the middle ... unknown.
Dad's college diploma hangs over his head in the shot, the same frame hangs over my head as I write ...
Dad was an early adopter of the automobile ... he often said that the improvement in tires was the most important factor in its success
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That is so cool!
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Cars of my recalled boyhood ... 1945 - 1959.
First in memory was a black 1936 Oldsmobile 4-door that Dad bought used during the war when cars/parts/tires/gas were at a premium. Dad needed a reliable car for his company's business as its President and #1 Salesman.
Second and much more vivid is a black '47 Chevy 2-door with torpedo back. We went to Windsor-Detroit for Thanksgiving to visit Dad's relatives. 2-doors were so Sue and I couldn't fall out.. The following summer a summer-long business trip, en famille, to Atlantic Canada .... east to Sydney
Third and clear in memory is a metallic aqua '49 Chevy torpedo back ... one piece windshield .... we went to New York City for Easter and I ate my first cheeseburger, saw my first bubble Wurlitzer juke-box booth-consol, and stayed in a MOTel.
Next the faithful maroon 1951 Dodge ... in its first year Dad took us to Western Canada ... out to Victoria ... then back from Seattle to Toronto in 7-8 days. Mom practiced her driving on long stretches of jack rabbit plastered Wyoming, Montana, Dakota highway and the big P.I.E. Freightliner A-Trains wowed me ... I fell in love ... The '52 Dodge stayed with us till after Dad's first heart attack. On doctor's orders Dad went shopping for another Dodge with automatic and power steering .... it had to be another Dodge because cars were getting larger and we had a narrow, narrow driveway to back out of .... the '51 fitted ...
... and so did the mid blue '54 Dodge sedan that Dad bought in 1955. Few memories because we moved in 1956 to a house with a private drive .. and Dad bought a two-tone 1956 yellow and gray Ford V8, in which I learned to drive and had many adventures.
Dad passed in March, 1959, and boyhood, I realize now at the late date, boyhood was over for me.
First in memory was a black 1936 Oldsmobile 4-door that Dad bought used during the war when cars/parts/tires/gas were at a premium. Dad needed a reliable car for his company's business as its President and #1 Salesman.
Second and much more vivid is a black '47 Chevy 2-door with torpedo back. We went to Windsor-Detroit for Thanksgiving to visit Dad's relatives. 2-doors were so Sue and I couldn't fall out.
. The following summer a summer-long business trip, en famille, to Atlantic Canada .... east to SydneyThird and clear in memory is a metallic aqua '49 Chevy torpedo back ... one piece windshield .... we went to New York City for Easter and I ate my first cheeseburger, saw my first bubble Wurlitzer juke-box booth-consol, and stayed in a MOTel.
Next the faithful maroon 1951 Dodge ... in its first year Dad took us to Western Canada ... out to Victoria ... then back from Seattle to Toronto in 7-8 days. Mom practiced her driving on long stretches of jack rabbit plastered Wyoming, Montana, Dakota highway and the big P.I.E. Freightliner A-Trains wowed me ... I fell in love ...
The '52 Dodge stayed with us till after Dad's first heart attack. On doctor's orders Dad went shopping for another Dodge with automatic and power steering .... it had to be another Dodge because cars were getting larger and we had a narrow, narrow driveway to back out of .... the '51 fitted ...... and so did the mid blue '54 Dodge sedan that Dad bought in 1955. Few memories because we moved in 1956 to a house with a private drive .. and Dad bought a two-tone 1956 yellow and gray Ford V8, in which I learned to drive and had many adventures.
Dad passed in March, 1959, and boyhood, I realize now at the late date, boyhood was over for me.
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Thanks for sharing an interesting video, MM.
Yes, Honda was a bike maker when I was a kid.
There were dozens of bike makers like camera industry in my country at the time but most of them disappeared.
Lesson was business is not so easy as people think
Yes, Honda was a bike maker when I was a kid.
There were dozens of bike makers like camera industry in my country at the time but most of them disappeared.
Lesson was business is not so easy as people think
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Canada's new Defense Minister .... 3 tour Afganistan veteran. Good choice IMHO. I believe the 2 CF-18s that overflew yesterday's Remembrance Day service in Ottawa had munitions on the outboard 2 hard points (rockets). I only had a couple of seconds to confirm as they streaked in low .... gray against a gray sky. Can anyone comment on the likelihood of my belief .... do RAF, USN or USAF jets carry visible munitions when on public overflights ...???
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MM,
Found this from CBC. Look at 1:26 shows close-up of CF-18's. They seem to have tanks but no weapons on the outboard hard points.
Remembrance Day ceremonies at National War Memorial honour the fallen - Politics - CBC News
Found this from CBC. Look at 1:26 shows close-up of CF-18's. They seem to have tanks but no weapons on the outboard hard points.
Remembrance Day ceremonies at National War Memorial honour the fallen - Politics - CBC News
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Thanks for the eyes on, Tracker ...
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